On Sat 31 Oct 2015 at 16:24:36 +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 31 October 2015 16:18:15 Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > > > > I have also noticed that Debian installs a lot of "extra" programs by > > default. For example, when I installed LXDE using the latest (Debian 7) > > LXDE CD and, I obtained LibreOffice, Iceweasel and Deluge (among many > > others), none of which are part of LXDE, and of those, I only wanted > > Icweasel installed since the beginning. > > > > If you want to control more precisely which packages get installed, you > > can also install a text-only system and then add the additional packages > > with the package manager. It won't give the same results and isn't as > > flexible as Debootstrap or Multistrap, of course. > > It isn't Debian that installs all those packages. It's the DE. All anyone > has > to do to avoid them is not install a DE. You are given the option.
Sorry to disagree here, but the packages brought in by LXDE (particularily the Recommends:) are determined by the maintainer. Also, getting LXDE from tasksel is not the same as with 'apt-get install lxde'. Someone who wanted a customised LXDE installation would not be using tasksel or 'apt-get install lxde'. Someone who does use either of these methods gets what Debian decides is useful for most users.
